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What does pyroclastic?
Pyroclastic describes a rock formation mostly consisting of rock fragments from volcanoes or crushed during an eruption.
What are cinder cones are made of?
Cinder Cones are composed of rock fragments and the eruption of cinders. The rock fragments pile up around a single crater forming a Cinder Cone.
What are eroded rock fragments and shells of marine creatures called that pile up on the seafloor?
Basalts
Is the fan-shaped pile of broken rock fragments at the base of a steep bedrock slope or cliff?
The fan-shaped pile of broken rock fragments at the base of a steep bedrock slope or cliff is known as a talus slope or talus cone. This debris results from the weathering and erosion of the bedrock above, where gravity causes the rock fragments to accumulate at the base of the slope.
When stones are crushed what are they called?
Crushed stones are typically referred to as crushed stone or crushed rock. These crushed fragments are commonly used in construction and landscaping for a variety of purposes such as making concrete, paving driveways, and drainage applications.
What does pyroclastic surge mean?
Pyroclastic describes a rock formation mostly consisting of rock fragments from volcanoes or crushed during an eruption.
What type of movement occurs when rock fragments or rock fall freely through the air?
Rockfall.
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What type of mass movement occurs when rock fragments of rocks fall freely through the air?
Rockfall.
A pile of rock fragments at the base of a cliff is called a?
This may be known as a scree slope or a talus pile. Talus and scree are normally used interchangeably, however scree normally refers to material of gravel size or smaller and talus to larger debris.
How does rock fragments turn into rock?
Rock fragments are called sediments and by a process called lithification they turn into sedimentary rocks. Lithification is made up by compaction and cementation which is by pressure and a natural glue that is formed from groundwater the sediments stick together and then harden into rock.
What the movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
